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Camp Randall

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Lithograph of Camp Randall, where the majority of Wisconsin's soldiers were trained and mustered into the Union Army. This view, which was taken from Bascom Hill looking southwest, shows a railroad track in the foreground which followed the route along University Avenue still used today. Inside the fenced enclosure are barracks, the prison yard and guard house, officers quarters, stables, and (the large building on the right) a hospital.

Date Created:
May 1864
Creator:
Kurz, Louis, 1833-1921

Publication Information

Creator Kurz, Louis, 1833-1921
Date Created May 1864

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 54 x 41 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s)
Call Number PH 5-6545

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W013J7H
Legacy ID
WHi 1838

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Paintings
Camp Randall, from the N. E.

Camp Randall, from the N. E.

1862

Photograph of a watercolor of a view of Camp Randall, from the northeast. Scene set on rolling hills, shows tents, buildings, horses and military members in formation. Numbered captions at bottom r...

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Photographs
Camp Randall Barracks

Camp Randall Barracks

April 18, 1931

Barracks at Camp Randall at the end of W. Johnson Street, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Prints
Camp Randall

Camp Randall

1862

Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a military camp to train volunteer soldiers followi...

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Photographs
Soldiers at Camp Randall

Soldiers at Camp Randall

1861

Soldiers in formation at Camp Randall during winter. The season [there appears to be snow on the ground] and the tents indicate that this image was made in 1861 or 1862. Improved quarters for the s...

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Photographs
U.S. Army Barracks

U.S. Army Barracks

1918

A group of barracks near railroad tracks with snow in the ditch. On the far right three soldiers are walking along the railroad tracks, and other men are near the barracks.

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Drawings
Camp Randall Sketch

Camp Randall Sketch

May 20, 1864

A sketch of Camp Randall made from the top of University Building, May 20, 1864, by W.F. Brown of the 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Company B. A small sketch in ink with additions in pencil by...

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